The real answer: making money on the App Store is extremely difficult. Developers have worked out subscriptions make more money than one-off purchases over time, even if a large % of people will refuse to engage with them.
replyIf a user gets value from an app month after month it makes sense for the user to pay for the value month after month.
replyBy that logic, I should be paying Audi and Mazda a subscription for finding utility in the cars that sit in my driveway.
replyAnd Nike for the shoes on my feet.
From what I heard they're selling them at a loss and making it back by selling your data.
replyYou can rent a car without buying it
replyShoes and shirts and hats and bars of soap all should have a monthly subscription as well.
replyThere are fashion subscriptions. Some people do not value being able to continually rewear clothes and would prefer to constantly having new clothes to show off.
replyBy that logic they should charge per photo
replyThat's what film cameras did once upon a time and the business model worked then.
replyNo they didn't. In general the camera manufacturer is not the one you paid for film stock.
replyThat's absurd. I've gotten value from my toilet plunger for years. Let me start charging you a toilet plunger subscription just for privilege of using it when you please. That's your logic.
replyMy logic is that toilet plunger manufacturers will race to the bottom resulting in a subscriptionless plunger being the cheapest one.
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